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11 Aug, 04:16

Centre begins early preparations for new World Bank Business index:

Business Ready (B-READY) is a new flagship report by the World Bank designed to benchmark the business environment and investment climate in most economies worldwide.

It replaces the earlier Ease of Doing Business index.

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30 Jul, 03:28

New NCERT Textbook Refers To Harappan Society As 'Sindhu-Sarasvati Civilization:

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in India has released a revised Class 6 Social Science textbook that refers to the Harappan civilization as the "Sindhu-Sarasvati Civilization” placing a strong emphasis on the Sarasvati River.

The textbook, released, talks about India's own prime meridian existing much before the Greenwich meridian and passing through Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, the 'Madhya Rekha'.

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29 Jul, 11:31

India To Sign, Ratify High Seas Treaty On Marine Conservation:

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement also known as High seas treaty, under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS.

The treaty deals only with oceans that are outside the national jurisdiction of any country. Typically, national jurisdictions extend up to 200 nautical miles (370 km) from the coastline, an area that is called exclusive economic zones or EEZs

The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) will oversee the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement in India

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29 Jul, 05:57

Royal burial mounds of Assam now on UNESCO World Heritage List:

The Charaideo Moidams, a 700-year-old mound-burial system of the Ahom dynasty from Assam, were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List making them the 43rd property from India to be included in the prestigious index.

Similar to the pyramids of Egypt, the Moidams are earthen burial mounds of the members of the Ahom dynasty whose 600-year rule was ended by the British takeover of the region.

The Moidams are the first from the northeastern States to be recognised as a World Heritage Site in the cultural category. Assam has two other such sites in the natural category – Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park, both upgraded to tiger reserves.

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29 Jul, 05:47

41,000 Years Old Ostrich Nest, World's Oldest, Found In Andhra:

Researchers have found the world's oldest Ostrich nest, dating back to 41,000 years, in Andhra Pradesh.

The nest was discovered while archaeologists from a Vadodara University and experts from Germany, Australia and the US were investigating a fossil-rich site in Andhra Praderdsh's Prakasam.

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29 Jul, 05:29

AP Government Revamps names of Student Support Programs:

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29 Jul, 05:24

AP State govt’s natural farming model wins Gulbenkian Prize:

The Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) program, implemented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, has won the prestigious Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2024.

APCNF launched through Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS) support small-scale farmers to switch from chemically intensive agriculture to natural farming, through practices such as using organic residues and minimising tillage to improve soil health, reintroducing indigenous seeds and diversifying crops, including trees.

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29 Feb, 11:35

Cabinet approves establishment of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)

Union Cabinet approved the establishment of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) with headquarters in India with a one-time budgetary support of Rs.150 crore for a period of five years from 2023-24 to 2027-28. It has been conceived as a multi-country, multi-agency coalition of 96 big cat range countries.

The alliance aims at the conservation of the world's seven big cat species include: Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Puma, Jaguar and the Cheetah. Out of these five big cats viz. Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard and Cheetah are found in India.

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29 Feb, 05:50

India ranks 42 out of 55 in International Intellectual Property Index

The US Chamber of Commerce released the 12th edition of its International IP (intellectual property) Index.

India ranked at 42 out of the 55 countries in the index with an overall score of 38.64 per cent.

The United States emerged at the top of the list followed by the United Kingdom and France.

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28 Feb, 15:43

India Stops Water Flow To Pakistan As Shahpur Kandi Barrage Is Complete

India has successfully stopped the flow of water from the Ravi River to Pakistan following the completion of the Shahpur Kandi Barrage, situated on the border of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.

This development is in line with the Indus Water Treaty signed between India and Pakistan in 1960, granting India exclusive rights over the waters of the Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas rivers

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28 Feb, 06:17

Ex-SC judge Justice A M Khanwilkar appointed Lokpal chairperson
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar was on appointed as the chairperson of Lokpal.

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09 Feb, 07:21

Chaudhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao and MS Swaminathan to be conferred Bharat Ratna

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09 Feb, 05:31

Rajya Sabha passes Bills seeking to modify SC/ST list in Odisha and Andhra

Through this bill, In Andhra Pradesh, three more ethnic groups — Bondo Porja, Khond Porja, Parangiperja — are being added to the list of Scheduled Tribes.

(Refer Article 341 and Article 342 of Indian constitution)

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09 Feb, 05:09

SpaceX launches NASA’s PACE satellite to monitor ocean, atmosphere, climate:

Nasa’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) satellite launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

PACE, Nasa’s newest Earth-observing satellite, will help scientists better understand how climate change is affecting blooms of ocean phytoplankton.

It will also help understand the influence of particles in the air, like dust and smoke, on cloud formation as well as the warming and cooling of the planet

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02 Feb, 15:03

# Important take aways from Interim Budget-2024#-6

What Is Nano-DAP which was mentioned by Finance Minister in her budget speech?

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while introducing the final Budget of the Modi government 2.0 announced that nano-DAP application will be expanded in all ago-climate zones.

DAP, or di-ammonium phosphate, is the second most extensively used fertiliser in India, behind urea. It is strong in phosphorus (P), which promotes root establishment and growth – without it, plants cannot grow to their full height or take too long to mature. It is therefore administered just before or during seeding.

Last year Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative’s (IFFCO’s) launched Nano DAP, which contained 8% Nitrogen and 16% Phosphorus by volume.

IFFCO's Nano DAP is liquid, as opposed to regular DAP, which is granular.

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02 Feb, 14:47

# Important take aways from Interim Budget-2024#-5

What's the India-Middle East-Europe corridor that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman talked about in her budget speech?

India, US, UAE, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Italy and the European Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, at the G20 Summit

The India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor will consist of two separate corridors.

The East corridor will connect India to West Asia/Middle East and the

Northern corridor will connect West Asia/Middle East to Europe.

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02 Feb, 14:41

# Important take aways from Interim Budget-2024#-4 (Women related)

1. Proposed vaccination to prevent Cervical Cancer. The vaccination programme will be for girls in the age group of 9 to 14 years for prevention of cervical cancer.

2. Anganwadi Centres to be upgraded under ‘Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0’ will be expedited.

3. Newly designed U-WIN platform to be rolled out expeditiously throughout the country. This platform will be used for managing immunization and furthering the efforts under Mission Indradhanush,

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02 Feb, 14:32

# Important take aways from Interim Budget-2024#-3

For the promotion of green growth and renewable energy following initiatives are announced:

1. Through rooftop solarization, one crore households will be enabled to obtain up to 300 units free electricity every month.

2. Viability gap funding to be provided for harnessing offshore wind energy potential for initial capacity of one giga-watt.

3. Coal gasification and liquefaction capacity of 100 MT to be set up by 2030. This will also help in reducing imports of natural gas, methanol, and ammonia.

4. A new scheme of bio-manufacturing and bio-foundry was proposed which will provide environment friendly alternatives such as biodegradable polymers, bio-plastics, bio-pharmaceuticals and bio-agri-inputs

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02 Feb, 14:20

# Important take aways from Interim Budget-2024#-2

The Government proposes to create a corpus of Rupees One Lakh Crore to boost private investment in sunrise technologies.

The corpus will be established with fifty-year interest free loan.

It will provide long-term financing or refinancing with long tenors and low or nil interest rates

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02 Feb, 14:13

# Important take aways from Interim Budget-2024#-1

For Railways, three major economic railway corridor programmes will be implemented-

1. Energy, mineral and cement corridors,

2. Port connectivity corridors, and

3. High traffic density corridors.

Moreover, forty thousand normal rail bogies will be converted to the Vande Bharat standards to enhance safety, convenience and comfort of passengers.

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